Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw; at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 9 & September 10
Competitors	17 from 10 nations
Winning throw	66.62 OR
Medalists

The women's discus throw field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 9 & September 10.[1] Armenia Soviet Faina Melnik was the strong favorite to win the gold. She has broken the world record five times since 1971 as well as being the European Champion in the same year. But twice in 1972 she had been beaten by Romanian Argentina Menis. Menis took the lead in round one breaking the Olympic record throw of 64.28 m (210 ft 10 ¹⁄₂ in). In the start of the fourth round Menis lead with Melnik in fifth. Menis then improved here distance to 65.06 m (213 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in). Melnike threw next and overtook Menis with a throw of 66.62 m (218 ft 7 in) which held on to win the gold. Thirteen days later, Menis broke Melnik’s world record with a throw of 67.32 m (220 ft 10 ¹⁄₂ in).[2]

Results

All throwers reaching 55.00 m (180 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in) and the top 12 including ties, advanced to the finals. All qualifiers are shown in blue. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	1st throw	2nd throw	3rd throw
1	Argentina Menis	Romania	61.58 OR	61.58	p	p
2	Faina Melnik	Soviet Union	61.26	53.00	61.26	p
3	Tamara Danilova	Soviet Union	60.34	60.34	p	p
4	Gabriele Hinzmann	East Germany	59.80	59.80	p	p
5	Liesel Westermann	West Germany	58.26	58.26	p	p
6	Carmen Ionescu	Romania	57.82	x	57.82	p
7	Brigitte Berendonk	West Germany	56.90	54.74	56.90	p
8	Svetla Bozhkova	Bulgaria	56.42	54.52	56.42	p
9	Lia Manoliu	Romania	55.88	55.88	p	p
10	Rosemary Payne	Great Britain	55.56	x	53.56	55.56
11	Vasilka Stoeva	Bulgaria	55.26	x	55.26	p
12	Lyudmila Muravyova	Soviet Union	55.24	55.24	p	p
13	Josephine de la Viña	Philippines	53.29	51.08	x	53.29
14	Radostina Vasekova	Bulgaria	53.86	x	x	53.86
15	Krystyna Nadolna	Poland	52.52	x	47.42	52.52
16	Olga Connolly	United States	51.58	51.58	x	50.76
17	Maggy Wauters	Belgium	49.62	49.62	x	x
–	Ok-Ja Paik	South Korea	DNS
–	Jolán Kleiberné-Kontsek	Hungary	DNS
–	Rosa Molina	Chile	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	1st throw	2nd throw	3rd throw	4th throw	5th throw	6th throw
	Faina Melnik	Soviet Union	66.62 OR	60.56	61.32	57.96	66.62 OR	62.76	x
	Argentina Menis	Romania	65.06	64.28 OR	59.82	60.88	65.06 OR	63.78	64.90
	Vasilka Stoeva	Bulgaria	64.34	61.08	x	64.20	62.24	64.34	62.10
4	Tamara Danilova	Soviet Union	62.86	62.64 OR	58.14	62.86	61.14	x	x
5	Liesel Westermann	West Germany	62.18	x	57.04	62.18	61.66	x	x
6	Gabriele Hinzmann	East Germany	61.72	57.52	59.14	60.12	61.08	61.72	60.22
7	Carmen Ionescu	Romania	60.42	57.78	58.76	57.06	59.08	x	60.42
8	Lyudmila Muravyova	Soviet Union	59.00	57.52	57.92	59.00	x	58.86	57.20
9	Lia Manoliu	Romania	58.50	58.18	58.50	x
10	Svetla Bozhkova	Bulgaria	56.72	56.50	56.72	x
11	Brigitte Berendonk	West Germany	56.58	55.60	x	56.58
12	Rosemary Payne	Great Britain	56.50	56.50	x	52.26

Key: OR = Olympic record; p = pass; x = fault; NM = no mark

References

"Athletics at the 1972 Munich City Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
Sports Reference. "Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

External links

Official report

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[SR-1] "Athletics at the 1972 Munich City Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

[2] Sports Reference. "Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

Discus throw at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
See also: 1912 Men's two handed discus throw

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men